bolt
Example Sentences
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One of the most famous is Pikachu - a mouse-like species with a tail shaped like a lightning bolt that can blast powerful electric charges.
From BBC • Mar. 27, 2026
With his eyes closed and his face grimacing, he grappled for a bolt.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 7, 2026
But it isn’t a bolt out of the blue.
From Barron's • Dec. 22, 2025
With so much at risk, it’s not surprising that some potential victims bolt.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 16, 2025
The force they create holds the Grootslang in place just long enough for the akrafena to course upward like a bolt of lightning in reverse.
From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
